Eva Louise (Shugart) Dreher (1890-1918)

SHUGART, DREHER

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/23/2017 at 22:05:54

From Nevada Evening Journal December 4, 1918 (front page)

MRS. CHAS. E. DREHER HAS PASSED AWAY

BELOVED WOMAN OF CITY CALLED BY DEATH MONDAY EVENING

A deep cloud of sorrow was cast over the community Tuesday when the news spread the Mrs. Charles E. Dreher had passed away Monday night at 9:00, at her home corner Oak street and First avenue south. The critical condition of her husband and the realization that here was hardly a shallow chance of his recovery contributed to the extreme sadness of her death.

Mrs. Dreher had been very low since last Saturday with influenza, followed by double pneumonia.

She was one of the best known and deeply beloved women of the city. Born and raised here she was known to everybody and her activities in the church, club and charitable works had brought her prominently before the people and she was admired and respected by all who bore her acquaintance. Her death leaves a vacancy in the circle of the family and friends that will long be felt.

Eva Shugart, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Shugart, was born in Nevada on May 9, 1890. She was a graduate of the Nevada high school, and in 1909 she entered the Cumnock School of Oratory at the Northwestern University in Chicago where she spent two years, graduating in 1911. Following this she had a private tutor in elocution and physical culture for a year and finished the work an accomplished and talented elocutionist.

It was during her work at the university that she met Mr. Dreher and their engagement and subsequent marriage followed. They were united in marriage at the home of her parents in this city on November 27, 1912, and located first at Storm Lake where Mr. Dreher was secretary of the Y. M. C. A. work of Buena Vista college.

Two years later or about 1914 they moved to Nevada where Mr. Dreher engaged in the hardware business as a partner of W. E. Edwards and this has been their home since. They established their home on Oak and First avenue south and there they raised their two little sons, Donald age five years and Robert E., who will soon be four years of age. Besides these leaves her husband, her parents and one sister, Miss Thelma Shugart, as well as numerous other relatives and a wide circle of friends.

She became a member of the Central Presbyterian church in this city then about ten years of age and had always been a active member of the congregation and a devout worker in the various church and missionary activities. Among her connections in the congregation she was a member of the Missionary Band and the Ladies Aid society besides taking an active interest in the Sabbath school and the Christian Endeavor society. She had been teacher of a class of young ladies in the Sunday school for some time.

In addition to her church work she had been actively identified with a number of clubs of the city and was prominent in the promotion of all good works in the community. She was a member of the P. E. O. chapter, the Eastern Star, the Sorosis and the Red Cross and during the year 1916 was president of the Federated Women's clubs of the city.

The influence of the life of Mrs. Dreher in the city and the community where she has long been so active will be felt among from the very youngest to the older people of the community. She had always taken an active interest in the affairs of the real little folks and had been one of the organizers and leaders in the development of the Light Bearers, a mission band of the Sabbath school and among the older girls of the community. The young ladies who are now in college she had had with her and gave them wholesome advice as to their college work and their lives before them, just before they left for their last year's work in college.

To the older people of the community she had long been a favorite. In sickness and trouble she was always the first to remember them and administer to their needs in some little way that they will long remember. Her place in the community had assumed such proportions that it will long remain clear and her memory will be revered by all ages and classes.

The body will be taken this afternoon to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shugart on First avenue south and the funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon. There will be private services at the home at 2:30 which will be in charge of former pastor, Rev. J. G. Leitch now of Lake City. He will be assisted in the service by Rev. Shirck of the Memorial Lutheran church and Rev. Shipman of the Methodist church, providing the latter is able to be out.

Following the services at the home there will be short services at the cemetery for the friends previous to interment.

E. L. Dreher of Straudsburg, Penn. is expected in the city this evening having been called here by the bereavement in the home of his son, Charles E. Dreher. He had been summoned before the death of Mrs. Dreher and arrives here to find her dead and his son in a most critical condition.